Around 100, over 5 per cent, of Pakistan International Airlines' (PIA) crew would need to lose weight by July 1 to avoid grounding.
QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistani officials say two roadside bombs blasts have wounded eight people in the country's southwestern Baluchistan province.
South Africa reeled off their modest victory target of 41 runs early on the fourth day of the second test against Pakistan to clinch the series ...
A Pakistani naval fleet docks in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on a friendly visit.
KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association has voiced its concern at the rapid increase of population in Pakistan, calling it a looming disaster. In a press ...
Yorkshire-born Major Geoffrey Langlands arrived in Pakistan in its first days, and never left.
Facing a first-innings deficit of 254 runs, Pakistan were 177 for three in their second innings at tea, 77 runs short of making South Africa bat again. Picture: ...
Imran Khan pays his first visit to Turkey since taking office and meets Turkish President Erdogan.
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is mulling a new tax on the tobacco industry and sugary beverages. A meeting of the senior ...
As religious conservatism deepens in Pakistan, Lahore's famed dancers have been forced underground, and performers who took pride in their art form have ...
Dubai: Pakistan Under-16 cricket team will take on Australia Under-16 in a series of five 50-over-a-side matches and one Twenty20 fixture at the ICC Academy.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has initiated a process of seeking the extradition of its former envoy to the US Hussain Haqqani through the foreign office on ...
Jane Austen's “Pride and Prejudice” has been retold many times since it was published more than two centuries ago — including a movie involving zombies and ...
Geoffrey Langlands, a British major who witnessed India's partition, became one of Pakistan's most respected teachers.
Senior Afghan and Pakistani officials will hold talks in Islamabad this week that will focus on efforts to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table with the Afghan ...
In November 2012, the IT engineer and MBA graduate had left home saying he was going to Kabul for a job interview. A week later, he had entered Pakistan ...
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Saturday strongly rebuffed the misleading Indian propaganda over the surgical strikes across the Line of ...
'Panj Tirath' in Peshawar, an ancient Hindu religious site, has been named a national heritage site by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government.
The Joint Venture of Pakistani Company — Descon owned by Adviser to PM on Commerce, Textile, Industry & Production and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood ...
As recently as 30 years ago, wild poliovirus paralysed more than 350 000 children in more than 125 countries every year. Today, the virus has been beaten back ...
QUETTA, Pakistan: Gunmen attacked a security forces' training base in the restive southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Tuesday, setting off a ...
Pakistan weather forecast: Mainly very cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country. However more rain-thunderstorm with snow over the hills is ...
Radesh Singh Tony said that it was because of such threats that he had now shifted to Lahore from Peshawar but still couldn't get rid of such people who wanted ...
Expressing dissatisfaction over New Delhi's decades-old role in the Afghanistan peace process, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he wants the ...
The government intended to develop the infrastructure of areas which had enormous potential for tourism and Rawalakot stood among them, he said while ...
KARACHI: The textile industry's biggest exhibition, Heimtextil, is set to kick off in Frankfurt on January 8. About 222 Pakistani companies have headed to ...
Karachi: The Gold rate in Pakistan for today is Rs. 58,182 per 10 grams and Rs. 67,800 per tola. For 22K Gold per 10 grams, the price is Rs. 53,284 and for 22K ...
Pakistan today shared with India a list of 537 Indian prisoners lodged in Pakistani jails as per the provisions of a bilateral agreement.
Under a program China insisted was peaceful, Pakistan is cooperating on distinctly defense-related projects, including a secret plan to build new fighter jets.
The sweet aroma of mutton smoke drifts through a maze of crumbling alleyways, a barbecue tang that for decades has lured meat-eaters from across ...
Over the past year, there was a noticeable increase in attacks on freedom of expression and human rights in Pakistan.
Dubai: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan is being mocked online for referring to Africa as an “emerging country” in a speech during the Envoys Conference ...
Dubai: Appreciation poured in on social media for the heartwarming tale of Pakistani gold medalist Sahib-e-Asra and her father, a local imam, who appear to ...
The latest injection is on top of Beijing reportedly pledging US$2 billion in July last year to help Pakistan weather its turbulent economy In the past year the rupee ...
Islamabad: They may be magnificent and imposing, but Pakistan's mountains and the communities living under their shadows are often overlooked by decision ...
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Sunday ordered the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) to put an end to the illegal occupation of land by ...
BEIJING: China is building the first of four "most advanced" naval warships for its "all-weather ally" Pakistan as part of a major bilateral arms deal to ensure ...
China has pledged to lend at least $2bn to Pakistan to shore up its foreign exchange reserves and prevent further devaluations of the rupee against the dollar, ...
An anti-graft tribunal in Pakistan sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison for corruption on Monday.
Aslam Baluch, who officials say masterminded last month's attack on a Chinese consulate in Pakistan, was targeted in Afghanistan.
The church, which is over a century old has been cared for a local Muslim family for over three generations.
We weigh up the successes and failures of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's first 100 days in office.
An Indian Army jawan posted in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district is being interrogated after he was allegedly caught at the receiving end of a honey trap laid by an ...
KARACHI: Veteran film and television actor Moammar Rana has entered politics as he announced to join the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). He made the ...
On June 14, 2009, Asia Bibi, a poor Christian woman, was picking fruit in the field of Itan Wali village in Pakistan, about 30 miles from the city of Lahore. On the ...
An Indian man held for six years in Pakistan after illegally entering the country has returned to his family. Hamid Ansari was convicted on charges of spying after ...
But can the program boost health, reduce poverty — and save the economy?
Proteas captain Faf du Plessis said that Duanne Olivier would be used in an "enforcer" role as part of a pace barrage against Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army claimed to have shot down an "Indian spy quadcopter" flying over the Pakistani side of the Line of Control in Bagh Sector, ...
Flights will restart more than 10 years after it halted services following a major hotel bombing.
Sharif has been serving a seven-year jail term in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills graft case and being a former prime minister he is entitled ...
Durban - Infighting among members of Durban's Pakistani community has been prioritised and is the subject of a provincial police task team investigation.
Asia Bibi spent Christmas in a safe house in Islamabad, Pakistan. I hope that's the last time my client, a Catholic, must spend the holiday unable to live and ...
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says his country has arranged Monday's US-Taliban meeting.
Last night the Indian Army foiled a Pakistan Border Action Team's attempt to attack a forward post on the Line of Control. But just what exactly is a "BAT" team?
Debate over how much Islamabad owes for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor developments adds to concerns.
Six security officials have been killed in an attack in southwest Pakistan when their convoy came under heavy firing in a mountainous area near the border with ...
No blasphemy convict has been executed in Pakistan, but dozens have reportedly been killed by mobs.
More than half of children in Baluchistan, Pakistan's largest and poorest province, suffer from stunting due to malnutrition brought on by prolonged drought.
The rival governments will open the militarized border in Punjab for pilgrims to visit a holy site on the Pakistani side.
NEW DELHI: Two days after the Indian Army foiled a *fresh* attempt by Pakistan's Border Action Team to push infiltrators through the LoC LoC (Line of Control) in ...
The government of Pakistan polled citizens on Twitter about desserts.
With upcoming Bollywood film 'Uri: The Surgical Strike' already causing a havoc prior to its release by being termed 'anti-Pakistan', the director has stepped forth ...
Water Resources Minister Faisal Vawda on Wednesday said groundbreaking ceremony of the much-awaited Mohmand dam project would be held on January ...
Football legends Luis Figo and Kaka are all set to come to Pakistan on January 10, organisers of the World Soccer Stars event told Dawn on Friday.
In its recently published ranking, Forbes included Pakistan among 'The 10 Coolest Places to Go in 2019', figuring it among the world's top tourist destinations.
A decade ago, the world watched in disbelief as terrorists from the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba group ripped through the Indian financial capital of Mumbai.
Parliamentary response shows government spent £10m on Islamabad's terror prosecution programme.
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani journalists, who have taken on military dictators and been beaten and jailed in the pursuit of a free press, say they now face a form of ...
"I am, with the grace of almighty Allah, a successful role model for women," Suhai Aziz Talpur says. The senior police official led an operation against militants ...
It is everywhere. It is a renewed sense of doing something real to make a change.
A generation of untapped footballing talent could be discovered in Pakistan - with the aid of Spanish giants Atletico Madrid.
Pakistani top court's decision to declare FETÖ a terror group should set precedent for all countries, says the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
A new transportation option is about to hit roads in Pakistan: buses powered by cow manure. According to a Reuters report published on Wednesday, the city of ...
South Africa and Pakistan must resolve selection headaches ahead of the second Test starting at Newlands on Thursday.
A look at South Africa's recent Test record at Newlands spells trouble for Pakistan ahead of the 2nd Test between the sides.
KARACHI: Saudi Arabia's rescue package and financial support commitment from China do not obviate the need for Pakistan's entry into International Monetary ...
MULTAN, Pakistan — Pakistan's foreign minister has welcomed President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw half the U.S.'s troops from Afghanistan.
Asif Ali Zardari is among 172 people linked to cases of money laundering, Pakistan's information minister says.
In 2017, it had made five such attempts along the LoC in J&K. No one was killed in the February attempt but seven intruders and two Indian soldiers were killed ...
For the record: no, the fence cannot cut a perpetrator in half. India has installed a laser fence system in vulnerable areas along the Indo-Pakistani border as a ...
Maali Saasan said that she had lost only 15 kg in her first surgery in India whereas Dr Maaz has removed more fat from her body as she had 150 kg weight ...
UPON SUPERFICIAL inspection, Pakistan's market for expression is enjoying a golden age. This is a still a land of broadsheet newspapers, in both Urdu and ...
Aliya Zaidi, a Pakistani socialite and supermodel, hosted a quirky party.
Few women dare to ride bicycles in Pakistan, but one community center arranges rides through a conservative slum in Pakistan's largest city. Riders face ...
South Africa and Pakistan must resolve selection headaches ahead of the second Test starting at Newlands on Thursday.
ISLAMABAD: Information and Broadcasting Minister has poked fun at the PPP government in Sindh after a study claimed that Karachi was the second largest ...
Two Christian brothers have been sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan, weeks after Asia Bibi was acquitted of the same crime following international ...
CENTURION – Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur was on Friday given an official warning and fined one demerit point for showing dissent at a controversial decision ...
Global production of scientific papers hit an all-time high in 2018, with emerging economies rising fastest.
ISLAMABAD: The airports of 60 countries will bar the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) planes from landing if Pakistan gets behind with paying over $4 billion ...
Cricket Australia has opened the door slightly to returning to play in Pakistan for the first time in 20 years, having softened its stance after an approach from the ...
Saudi Arabia on Friday deposited $1bn into Pakistan's depleting foreign reserves, in the latest boost to help the country avert a balance of payments crisis.
After a thrilling First Test and very little between the sides, cricket fans will be hoping for a similarly entertaining game in Cape Town.
While the Indian Air Force requires a total of 126 new Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) plane, it will only be getting 36 Rafale jets by 2020.
Two blasts in Balochistan on Sunday left 12 people injured, including three Levies personnel and a member of the Frontier Corps. In northern Balochistan's ...
Pakistan batting coach Grant Flower admits he has "seen happier dressing rooms" than the one he finds himself in with the team right now. Speaking to ...
WASHINGTON: Torn between preventing Pakistan from going nuclear and fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan, the United States appears to have decided that ...
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) commenced the new year on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining 929 points, or 2.5 per cent, ...